History Quotes / DisProportionateRetribution

->''"Just a minute. Robin Hood steals money from my pocket, forcing me to hurt the public, and they love him for it? That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas!"''

'''Warden Samuel Norton''': Nothing stops. Nothing... or you will do the hardest time there is. No more protection from the guards. I'll pull you out of that one-bunk Hilton and cast you down with the Sodomites. You'll think you've been fucked by a train! And the library? Gone... sealed off, brick-by-brick. We'll have us a little book barbecue in the yard. They'll see the flames for miles. We'll dance around it like wild Injuns! You understand me? Catching my drift?... Or am I being obtuse? Give him another month to think about it.

-->-- '''Dolph''' while the newly-superpowered Milhouse drops him into a volcano after Dolph gave him a wedgie, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror Telepaths of Glory]]"

-->-- '''[[EcoTerrorist Malthus]]''' in the throes of a VillainousBreakdown as his latest attempt [[StuffedIntoTheFridge on the life of his arch-enemy's sister]] is being thwarted during the "[[http://comments.deviantart.com/1/353961403/3425491273 Library work]]" roleplay of ''WebComic/WhiteDarkLife''

->''"Who the hell put bouillon cubes in the showerhead?! Hmm?! Did you do it? Did you? If it happens again... I will wait in my SUV; blast me some speed metal, 5.1 surround sound, heavy on the bass... [[PunctuatedForEmphasis And someone. Will be getting.]] [[CarFu Mowed. Down.]]"''

->"''All bubble-blowing babies will be beaten senseless by every able-bodied patron in the bar.[[note]]...bar.[[/note]]"''
-->-- '''All the thugs in the BadGuyBar''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie''

->''"Don't be nervous, kid... but if you keep staring at me like that, I'm gonna cut your eyes out."''
-->-- '''Black Mask''' to a bodyguard, ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood''

->'''Drew Flynn''': You're dead... We killed...\\
'''The Spectre, disguised as Foster Brenner''': Killed me? All because you got cut out of a job? That was worth my life?
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/DCShowcaseTheSpectre''

-->-- FlavorText of [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=393970 "Llanowar Penalty for Trespassing",]] ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''

-->-- '''Anje Falkenrath''', FlavorText of [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Aggravate Aggravate]], ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''

->"It's not justice if you don't go overboard. That is my policy!"

-->--''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2''

-->--'''UsefulNotes/HernanCortez''', ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado''

-->--'''Black Mask''' to a bodyguard, ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood''

-->--''WesternAnimation/DCShowcaseTheSpectre''

-->--'''[[Franchise/TheMuppets Gonzo]]''', ''Film/MuppetClassicTheater''

-->--'''Don Lope de Aguirre''', ''Film/AguirreTheWrathOfGod''

-->--'''Helen Hirsch''' on '''Amon Goeth''', ''Film/SchindlersList''

-->--''Film/PulpFiction''

-->--'''Mia Wallace''', ''Film/PulpFiction''

-->--''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian''

-->--'''Sheriff of Nottingham''', ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves''

-->--'''Captain Byron Hadley''', ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption''

-->--''Film/TheShawshankRedemption''

-->--''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera''

-->--'''Mark''', ''Film/TheRoom''

-->--''Film/TheReturnOfTheLivingDead''

-->--'''Lubdan the Leprechaun''', ''Film/{{Leprechaun}}''

-->--'''Lubdan the Leprechaun''', ''Film/{{Leprechaun}}''

-->--'''Bijjalladeva''', ''Film/{{Baahubali}} 2: The Conclusion''

-->--'''Amilyn''', ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''

-->--''Film/AmericanPsycho''

-->--''Film/TheBirds''

->''(Izumii's room is charred from a fire)''\\

''(Izumii's father strikes him and leaves the room)''\\

''(Izumii sees Aoba smiling victoriously)''\\

->''"[[TheMenInBlack The Laundry]] is infamous for its grotesque excesses in the name of accounting; budgetary infractions are punished like war crimes, and mere paperclips can bring down the wrath of dead alien gods on your head."''

->"What, uh, what exactly have these people done to us? [[CorporateWarfare That we must burn their villages and slaughter all their water-buffaloes?]]"
->"They raised the price of nutmeg by nine stuyvers. Unilaterally."
->Pier nodded. He was no a good and salty sea dog, and knew what [[ThisIsUnforgivable a truly unforgivable crime]] this was in the eyes of the [[MegaCorp Trading Company]].

->"What did you do?" she asked.
->The man looked around again before answering. "Did thieving," he said quickly. "Got caught trying to get an old painting of a garuda from some ancient cunt out in Chnum. Worth a fortune. [[HangingJudge Magister]] said since I was so impressed with garuda, I could -" his breath caught for a moment "-[[KarmicTransformation I could be one]]."
->Isaac could see how the feathers of the face were shoved ruthlessly into the skin, [[{{Biomanipulation}} doubtless bonded subcutaneously]] to make removal too agonizing to consider. He imagined [[ColdBloodedTorture the process of insertion]], one by torturing one. When [[FantasticUnderclass the Remade]] turned slightly to Derkhan, Isaac could see the ugly knot of hardened flesh on his back where those wings, torn from some buzzard or vulture, had been sealed together with the human muscles. Nerve endings bonded randomly and uselessly, and the wings moved only with the spasms of a long-drawn-out death. Isaac's nose wrinkled at the stench. [[BodyHorror The wings were rotting slowly on the Remade's back.]]
-->--''Literature/PerdidoStreetStation''

->''"...Terminate With Extreme Prejudice did not simply require that the victim was [[DeadlyEuphemism inhumed]], preferably in an extremely thorough way, but that his associates and employees were also intimately involved, along with business premises, the building, and a large part of the surrounding neighborhood, so that everyone involved would know that the man had been unwise enough to make the kind of enemies who could get very angry and indiscriminate."''
-->-- '''Creator/TerryPratchett''', ''Discworld/{{Pyramids}}''

-->--''Series/GameOfThrones''

->'''Gloria:''' You cost me my job! Now I can't pay my bills!
->'''Arthur:''' And you hurt my feelings. So we're even!

->'''Janitor:''' You know, I know you knocked that exit sign down.
->'''J.D.:''' Well then I'm sure I can expect an appropriate retaliatory response. Maybe you could shoot me in the neck.

-->--'''Robert Barone''', ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'', "The Plan"

-->--''Music/{{Queen}}'', "Put Out the Fire"

->''One bone broken for every twig snapped under foot.''[[note]]Unless they have some way of quantifying just how many twigs got snapped by a trespasser '''''[[AllOfThem in a forest]]''''', this "penalty" is practically ''always'' going to manifest as an [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill overkill-tastic]] NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.[[/note]]
-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=393970 Llanowar Penalty for Trespassing]]''', ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''

->"Barbarians! They burned my favourite chair! We'll kill them all!"
-->--'''Anje Falkenrath''', FlavorText of [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Aggravate Aggravate]], ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''

-->--''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade - Ghouls: Fatal Addiction''

-->'''[[VillainSong The Cell Block Tango]]''', ''Theatre/{{Chicago}}''

->''Hey, kids! Did you know that littering in Opportunity is punishable by death? And in case you didn't know, complaining about Opportunity's laws is considered 'verbal littering'!''
-->--'''Handsome Jack''', ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}''

->''You DARE bring light into MY LAIR?! YOU MUST DIE!!!''

->''The slightest scratch must be answered with an ocean of blood...''

->''"That was the last time you interrupted me while talking to someone."'' (shoves handle of wooden spoon [[EyeScream through drunkard's eye]])[[note]]This is during a cutscene where Gaunter froze time.[[/note]]

'''PlayerCharacter''': (''grabs a bottle and [[GrievousBottleyHarm hits him with it, breaking it]]'') [[DissonantSerenity Could you turn the TV back on]]?

->(Rubber Soul!Kakyoin is ordering some coconut juice.)\\
'''Rubber Soul!Kakyoin''': Coconut juice plea-\\
([[Manga/ArakawaUnderTheBridge Hoshi]] sneaks behind him and steals his wallet.)\\

(Rubber Soul!Kakyoin looks upset.)\\

(Jotaro steals the wallet back and hands it back to Rubber Soul!Kakyoin)\\

'''Rubber Soul!Kakyoin''': Thank you, but my fury won't be quelled by just tha... GUHUU!\\
(Rubber Soul!Kakyoin gives Hoshi a coconut backbreaker, which causes Hoshi to vomit up blood.)\\

(Rubber Soul!Kakyoin continues the backbreaker.)\\

-->--''WebVideo/VaguelyRecallingJoJo''

->''Pray that there's a [[SeriousBusiness Taco Bell]] in Hell!'' ['''''BANG''''']
-->-- '''Souichiro Yagami''' ''(when family fights go wrong)'', ''[[WebVideo/DeathNoteTheAbridgedSeriesTeamDattebayo Death Note: The Abridged Series (Team Dattebayo)]]''

->'''Maria:''' Hey Shadow. (''traps Shadow in a capsule'') Bye Shadow. I'm gonna kill you now.\\

->''You see, I had to trap [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] in the hell-dimension 'cause he disrespected gamers.''

-->--''WebVideo/SFDebris'', "Thirty Days"

-->--''Machinima/HeavyIsDead''

''({{Beat}})''\\
'''Tommy''' ''(high-pitched, horrified)'' You killed me just to ''prove a point?!'' Dre- Dream! You put me through that-\\

'''Tommy:''' ''(voice cracking)'' YOU PUT ME THROUGH MONTHS, ''MONTHS'', OF ''AGONY'', AND ''STRESS'' AND PURE ''TRAUMA'', JUST TO ''PROVE A POINT?!'' [...] You could've just showed me! You could've just- This is ''so'' evil. This is- This is- This isn't like before! This isn't "You've blown up our town", you've put me through ''torture!'' Through pain! To PROVE A ''POINT'', DREAM! THAT'S- THAT'S ''FUCKED!'' You CAN'T do that to me! To ANY- You-\\

-->--''LetsPlay/ManyATrueNerd'', ''Let's play VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldrepublic''

->"You mess with [[MustHaveCaffeine my coffee]], I mess with your internal organs..."

->''Grrrr... You think you can preach at me? [[OverpopulationCrisis If the population is not reduced, it will instigate total global disaster!!!]] So I ''must'' succeed in [[OmnicidalManiac my plans!]] I am '''not''' irrelevant, and I will not be dissuaded... [[RevengeByProxy Any who try to stop me]] [[AndYourLittleDogToo will pay the most terrible price]] - [[DisproportionateRetribution the loss of]] ''[[UpToEleven everything]]'' [[CartwrightCurse they cherish!!!!]]''
-->-- '''[[EcoTerrorist Malthus]]''', arguably the patron saint of this trope and RevengeByProxy, in the throes of a VillainousBreakdown as his latest attempt [[StuffedIntoTheFridge on the life of his arch-enemy's sister]] is being thwarted during the "[[http://comments.deviantart.com/1/353961403/3425491273 Library work]]" roleplay of ''WebComic/WhiteDarkLife''

->"The Linear Guild is practically synonymous with taking disproportionate revenge over quasi-imagined slights."

->''"About a hundred years ago, [[FunnyAnimal we Racconans]] first encountered [[HordeOfAlienLocusts the Kvrk-chk]]. At first they regarded us [[ScaryDogmaticAliens the way they regard all other species]]: as nothing more than [[ImAHumanitarian talking food animals]]. We warned them by subspace broadcast that there would be [[BewareTheNiceOnes dire consequences]] if they attempted to act on this racist belief. [[TemptingFate They didn't listen.]]''
->''"[[BullyingADragon Shortly thereafter]] [[KickTheDog they seized a Racconan colony ship, killed and ate the passengers and crew,]] and [[ForcedToWatch broadcast footage of the... meal...]] [[MuggingTheMonster promising the same fate for all our "arrogant animal race".]]''
->''"The next day, we [[ApocalypseHow incinerated one of their most heavily populated solar systems]] with a [[WaveMotionGun stellar lance]]. '''[[TheDreaded They listen to us now.]]'''"''

'''Eric Cartman:''' [insincere] I'm sorry I handcuffed Billy Turner's ankle to the school flagpole.\\

'''Eric Cartman:''' [rolls eyes] Okay, [[OrderedApology I'm sorry]] I handcuffed Billy Turner's ankle to a flagpole [[ShoutOut and then gave him a hacksaw,]] [[Franchise/{{Saw}} and then told him I had poisoned his lunch milk and that the only way he could get to the antidote in time would be to saw through his leg.]]\\

->"There he goes, overreacting again!"

->''This is not a proportional punishmeeeeent!''

->''"Nigga, did I just catch you having fun!?"'' [slaps his young son]

->''"If it's in self-defense, is it okay to shave someone's head, strip them naked, crush their pride, make them lose all of their friends, and destroy the school they go to?"''
-->-- '''Mob''', ''Manga/MobPsycho100''

->''"I used to do a little Scorched Earth work here-and-there, then the batarians started muscling in. No one's as good with terror-tactics as they are. I mean, the krogans will come at you, break your face, kill your family, but the ''batarians''... They'll turn your planet into a glass parking lot without a second thought."''
-->-- '''[[https://youtu.be/GfOBl1NHj14?t=359 Zaeed Massani]]''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''

-->''LetsPlay/ManyATrueNerd''

->'''Random bar patron''': [[note]] The PlayerCharacter is watching a news report on Johnny Gat's trial [[/note]] Hey, [[TheBartender Barry]], turn this shit off!\\

'''Random bar patron''': I guess you're not anymore, are ya, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]]!\\

-->-- ''Joker's Asylum: Pengin''

'''Tom:''' Uh, I'm assuming you reported him to the principal's office. 'Cause, y'know, that kind of behavior is really unacceptable.\\
'''Dr. Robotnik:''' No. I examined the inefficiency of a world where brawn trumped brain, and I used technology to resolve that inefficiency. [[NoodleIncident The boy ate his meals through a straw]] [[FateWorseThanDeath for a year]], and I have never lost a fight again.

-->-- '''Mephiles''', ''Webvideo/RealTimeFandub'' of ''Videogame/SonicTheHedgehog2006''